All About IP is Mayer Brown's intellectual property blog and is a source of information on the latest developments in global intellectual property markets, with a focus on Germany and Europe. The blog examines relevant legislative and regulatory developments as well as judicial decisions in the fields of intellectual and industrial property and unfair competition law. The editors are lawyers or legal trainees in Mayer Brown’s Intellectual Property practice, which has been supporting clients in matters pertaining to industrial property and copyright for many years.
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The Impact of Covid-19 on Data Protection in Brazil
Brazil - April 6 2020 There is a lot of uncertainty as to when the Brazilian Data Protection Law (No. 13,709 - “LGPD”) will come into force. Such uncertainly has been…
German Federal Constitutional Court Decides that German Ratification of UPC Agreement is Void
European Union, Germany - March 20 2020 In an order published today, the German Federal Constitutional Court decided that the Act of Approval to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court…
German Government Announces Plans to Restrict Injunctive Relief in Patent Cases by Equitable Considerations
Germany - February 24 2020 According to press reports, the German Ministry of Justice recently released a draft law proposal to restrict injunctions in patent cases by equitable…
Bavaria Implements Blockchain Strategy
Germany - February 12 2020 On 11 February 2020, five months after the German federal government adopted a blockchain strategy, the Bavarian state government implemented a…
EPO Publishes Grounds for Refusing AI-Invented Patent Applications
European Union - February 6 2020 On 28 January 2020, the European Patent Office (EPO) published its reasons for two recent decisions refusing two European patent applications in…
Brexit - What Does it Mean for Businesses from an IP, Tech and Privacy Perspective?
European Union, United Kingdom - January 31 2020 Brexit is finally here. The United Kingdom leaves the European Union on 31 January 2020. The EU and the UK will now enter a transition period which…
CJEU and German Courts Rule on the Copyrightability of Non-Fictional Literature
European Union, Germany - October 14 2019 In addition to obvious examples of original art such as paintings, music and poetry, copyright protection can, inter alia, also extend to…
German Data Protection Authorities Agree on New GDPR Fining Model
Germany - September 10 2019 According to recent press reports, the German data protection authorities have agreed on a new way to calculate administrative fines under the…
Court of Justice of the EU Rules on Copyright Implications of Sampling in Music
European Union, Germany - September 5 2019 On 29 July 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled on the copyright implications of sampling in music and established criteria…
Safe As Houses - The PRC Issues Revised Draft of the Personal Information Security Specification
China - July 16 2019 On 2 January 2018, the Standardization Administration of China (“SAC”) released the final draft of “Information Technology - Personal Information…
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